Would it be legal for someone who got stuck with this problem to sue netsol or godaddy for this?
josh on 8/24/07 4:45 PM, elliot noss at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > NSI adopted this policy a week or so ago. yes this is a clear > violation of ICANN's transfer policy. see the policy faq here: > > http://www.icann.org/transfers/dnholder-faq-03nov04.htm > > this was a practice first adopted by go daddy some time back. we have > complained about it to ICANN on numerous occasions. as we feared NSI > has simply seen the lack of enforcement on the part of ICANN > compliance and decided to do the same thing. it is a great way to > keep customers from transferring. both will claim that it cuts down > on fraudulent transfers. sort of in the same way a strip search at > the cash register cuts down on shoplifting. > > to ICANN's credit, they have not dismissed our complaints, but > instead asked us to help them by compiling evidence of the problem. > unfortunately, we think the burden should be on go daddy and NSI to > prove that a problem exists that REQUIRES them to ignore the policy. > also, there is a clear process in place for changing policy when it > is fond to be inappropriate. > > apologies, but we simply do not have the resources to compile a body > of evidence for ICANN. believe me this is duly noted and is the third > one I have seen brought to my attention (who knows how many paul > karkas has seen) in the week since NSI changed the policy. > > if folks would like it, I would be happy to provide you all with the > contact info for the right people at ICANN to complain about this. > perhaps if each of you have one or two stories to tell we can turn > the tide here. > > Regards > Elliot Noss > > On Aug 24, 2007, at 4:24 PM, Kevin W. Brown wrote: > >> >> We have just encountered a new Network Solutions policy. Now, when a >> customer changes the admin contact of their domain, NetSol places a >> 60-day registrar lock on the domain. >> >> We had a customer update their admin contact in preparation for >> transferring in to Tucows, so NetSol automatically locked the domain. >> There was no mechanism for unlocking the domain through the NetSol web >> site. Our customer called NetSol, and they refused to remove the >> lock, >> and that our customer would have to wait 60 days to transfer the >> domain. >> Unfortunately, the domain expires in a couple of weeks. I would >> think >> that this is a fairly common scenario, so it appears to be just >> another >> attempt at NetSol trying to hold on to a domain. >> >> Can NetSol do this? Isn't this a violation of ICANN policy? >> >> -- >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> -- >> Kevin W. Brown | 2975B Manchester Rd. | E-Mail: >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Quantum Internet Services | Manchester, MD 21102 | Voice: >> 410-239-6920 >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> -- >> My current spamtrap: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> _______________________________________________ >> domains-gen mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://discuss.tucows.com/mailman/listinfo/domains-gen >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > domains-gen mailing list > [email protected] > http://discuss.tucows.com/mailman/listinfo/domains-gen _______________________________________________ domains-gen mailing list [email protected] http://discuss.tucows.com/mailman/listinfo/domains-gen
